European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 13, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse Old japanese spot ditched plane Lake survivors to Saipan 3 7 20-Yeor-o/c/ mystery still unsolved Saipan grave did t contain filers remains. Fred j. Noe Nan to a Meliet a m. A. Iaiser. A staff writer Gas is running Low been unable to reach you by Randlo we Are circling bul tit not see late desperate word of a Talix Amelia Earhart were heard by Tenso Iii Lenere on tar her land Island in the Lon Euett Sutea of the Pacific Ocean � Yean affo Jamar that Amienee. And a clue Leei anon Terr that captivated the Unaina Varna of Theu Garriti ram that Day to that Anat i ahm i met amour woman ller Nal Ker Able inv Cator or a 1 Maonan. Team Ihetu Way and Monder u aa1r Oei Toca in tha amt did moan make a Nat Al Eal error a a than w 4eoaem and of North weat toward Saipan Mandt waa aha on went Pat Aie a fenian Jar i United Bukea a Emmeitt old he literally talk herself into Dlanae. Ter. Ata Ilni the Hap leu Noonan with her id in have a premonition Al death in the for pair it or did japanese ill Merlati re Irue the two americana Only to Lake their him later All theae Ideal have Ihler advocate. Here i the evidence Amelia Earhart called lady Undy Beegum of her Luppold Reie Melance to col Charlea a. Lindbergh Hud a mender a Moit lanky figure whorl windblown Auburn hair and a freckled face known to million. Born in at Chinn. Kan. July 14. 1808. Aha Learned to Fly by the Llmer if Wai so it Wai 10 Yean later while Dolnik a Oclair ervice work in boat on. Thai the went Aloni for the he with Fallera William stun and Lou i cordon when to new the Atlantic on june h. 1kb she i toed the Atlantic in 1932 and the Pacific from Honolulu to Oakland in 1035. Then Ahe Beian planning the world to Light Why thai round the world flight her husband used her shortly before the took off in 1837.mill Earhart milled became i want to. Polo a Are always dreaming dreams but if the flight i Nicce Ful i Hope it will increase women s interest in ny1n."1 Mallte Tho danger of the world night but i Juit mint try. With it behind me. Life will be Fuller and Richer. 1 can be con tent afterwards it will be fun to grow � but Ahe Alao once id. Prophetically "1 think probably 111 not live to be saturday july 13, 1963 i r Rio Tel flight was originally Charu a Westward from Ouk lond Paul Montz. Famed movie stunt flyer who was her tech Nucal adviser in id he plan edit that us o lately Factor because of Lowland Island. If the my sued Ilo Wiand. The would have Hud enough pm to e t Hack to Honolulu recalled Mantz. Who Al so now operate a flying err tee 4 Santa Ana. Calif. Montt made he Fluri let from Oakland to hoax Multi with her and navigator noon a mar. 17. 1937. The x400-n.lle flight took 15 hour. 51 & minute. Jets now Are flying it in 4 hours 45 minutes. That next hop Wai 1.532 Miles overwater to Howland. But they did t get Clow to Howlan that ume. A the plane roared Down the Honolulu runway mar. 20. 1937, a tire blew and the plane cracked up Melsi Earhart and Noonan 44 and q recent bridegroom escaped injury. The state. M Lockheed 10 Low win Mono plane that rout $80.000 and had n top Snow d of 305 clips on hour was repaired for a new tart from Oklund. Which the regarded a her Lucky City she and Noonan took off again May 20. 1937 this Lime they flew in the opposite direction eastward to Benefit from prevailing tall winds their Progress was reported from far away places dutch Guiana. Natal Brazil. St. Louts. French Senegal Over the Funklea and Eraerts of Africa to Khartoum to mama a. Across the red sea and Arabia to , they reached lae. Hew Guinea. Their next lop is to be Howland Ifland Bui this time it would be 2.5.16 Miles Over water and no turning Hack if fuel ran Low from Howland they would Fly to Hono Lulu then to Oakland and their world flight would end in glorious Lii Earhart took off from lae. Squalls and electrical storms were reported across her flight path. Of Fly Ide at 1.000 feet she spoke to Howland Inland we Mutt be on you but to cannot see Hod gone wrong miss Earhart wan due in about 7 that morn in id or David j. Zaugg,34. Now Medico i officer of the merchant Marine Hospital in san Francisco a were on Howland to service her plane when the arrived two quite a us Nahley was flying right into the rising Iun. N she might not have Iteen Howland at coast guard Cutter Ilasco began putting out a big Cloud of Black smoke o help her see the Island. We started picking her up quite clearly on our radio. But the difficulty Wai thatche persisted in using her voice when we needed Morse dots and dashes to triangulate her position. I think she just went into the scrap of wreckage was Ever found despite one of the greatest air sea scare he Over made by the . Navy. The Wenther a Bright and Clear Dur ing the 10 Day search recalled 73 year old retired vice and m Donald b. Beary of Coronado Calif who Wai executive officer of the searching battleship Colorado. It in my guru that Stu Earhart ragout of fuel crashed and aboard the Colorado Ai a civilian go Eitai the late or. M. L. B r 111 a i n. Then president of Georgia Institute of technology Bra train in a newspaper interview be fore Hli death some years ago said of Mii ear Hart i knew her in Atlanta As an extremely careful and experienced Filer. I knew the japanese had a mandate Over certain Pacific wands and 1 Niso knew of the Rumor that they were fortify ing and Lull Long plane runways on these islands in Defiance of treaties. I believe there was considerable Basl for the idea the japanese had crippled her plane somehow in lae or had killed net or taken her prisoner when she reached the mandated islands area. "1 believe there Wai an understanding on the part of lome . Government Otil class with miss ear hurl that she have t look. Ii possible at the japanese Man dated hands or. Brit Lam s theories never were con firmed or denied the japanese whose Sulpi aided in the search for Mesa Earhart and Noann. Denied a knowledge of their Fate. Retired rear adm Kenneth h hoeffel67. Gunnery officer aboard the Carrier Lexington Wolctt to punched 100 planes and March a corridor 800 Milts wl4 jul 390miles Long each Day. Said i be always believed Miu Earl met and Noonan crashed and drowned. Of a Nev accepted the idea that she might have been capt my by the Jap new and executed Ai foe her Landing on Tome other it tand there hut Aren t any Salpana Island to the Marianas is 1300 Miles North of lae. Miu Earhart i final hopping off place. Fred Goerner. 30. A Nuvy Veteran and nolo Neww a Oecks at san Francisc owl even us Urt Urt Tad Noonan came town Ufert and Wrt Kan to Saipan bar hit japanes. Goerner mad to try it Saipan format Columbia by Stem in june 1mb and 1961. Mid to had tit Lemony i of 19 reportable and Caroline Iilander cwt veto an a a Whit woman were flown to Salyan Uund Home time in 1937 a a str us. Etta a buy answered the de crop Tom of Humm and Stu Earhart an that Jap fits bowl tart Loum interrogated them m Story la Goerner Laid that after much Anatuli whig Tyty War Unur lined and the woman did of Dyte try at Ioma lat Datoc a a the Man Wai ban added a Day or to after her t Goerner dived in Saipan Harbor an recovered a Generator from a plane. But it Wai japanese. A also recovered Bones and Teeth from a grave on Saipan but they proved to be those of natives. Toorner Bald he Itell Hope eventually to ascertain what happened to Melsi Earhart and Noonan"1 never put any credence in the Itata ment by the natives on sol said Zaugg. It teemed highly improbable that the Mien could have reached hat Paul Mantz was asked whether he re called anything about a secret Mission. I won t say a i or he replied. I makes i Man think it Wai so Long Zaugg said he d never heard of any much said and the plane s Gai tanks were tied into a massive vent we try t had installed All she had to do Wai to pull " Tever and All the tanks would have been sealed for flotation. The plane could have floated to Deal the stars and stripes Amelia car Hart had aft use need Alary it included a rubber life raft two Way radio phone voice trans Rattler radio direction finder i Don t know Why. Bat at the last minute she left some equipment behind. She left a hand Generator and come other things i cant remember just what the speculated about what happened to Ier naturally perhaps Ahe did t have enough Gas to and Howland maybe she landed and disappeared. May be saw s still a memorial Amelia Earhart Light was built in Howland Island. During world War ii. The japanese shot the top off the lonely Lighthouse. It has never been restored. 11
